1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 March Voice RS | Page 20

his owner, Bruce Tarkington. Another fine aged horse
in training is MIDNIGHT SUN’S REPLICA, shown
successfully by his owner Chip Franklin as well as by
trainer Jackie Gardner.
Visitors are always welcome at this stable, and we
guarantee you will find horses well worth watching.
FLAMES FROM KEROSENE HEATER
LEVEL MANOR HOUSE FARM STABLES
The main training barn of the Manor House Farm,
10 miles north of Pulaski, Tennessee, was completely
destroyed by fire Wednesday, February 5 between 9
and 9:30 AM. Mr. Bruce Puckett, owner of the stable,
stated that sixteen horses perished in the blaze, in­
cluding SUN’S KING COTTON, a seven-year-old stud,
and ten two-year-olds.
Trainers Steve Aymett and Larry Romine said that
the fire started when a horse standing in the cross-tie
area kicked over a large kerosene heater. The flames
quickly spread throughout the cross-tie area and into
the above loft which was packed with hay. Within an
hour the entire barn was completely destroyed. Steve
and Larry managed to save seven of the twenty-
three horses at the barn, one of which is a three-year-
old black mare that was shown to second place in the
two-year-old filly class in Montgomery, Alabama by
Harold Kennedy in 1968.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
WALKING HORSE STABLES
DEFECTIVE WIRING BLAMED FOR $100,000
FIRE AT WILSON STOCK FARMS
Fire destroyed a lavish Wilson Stock Farms show
barn near Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Sunday, Feb­
ruary 9. The 180x40-foot two-story structure con­
tained 7.5 tons of feed and 1,800 bales of hay. The
barn was of white galvanized siding built over a steel
and wood frame. Mr. H. "Bug” Wilson said that it was
completed only last September.
Seven horses died in the flames. Included among
the casualties was ROMEO’S MARY QUEEN, the
World Champion amateur horse in 1960 and 1962.
This mare was heavy in foal to RODGERS PER­
FECTION.
Also destroyed was a tack room containing saddles
and show equipment for both cattle and horses. The
room also contained the registration papers for 125
polled Hereford cattle.
It is believed that the blaze started in the wiring in
the attic near the apartment section of the building,
which is on the first floor. The loss was estimated at
SI00,000, and there was no insurance on the horses.
PINE
HILL
FARM
OXFORD, MICHIGAN
TRAINING AND SALES
SHOW AND PLEASURE HORSES
HOME OF SHADOW’S ROVER
Trainer:
h . J ohnson M c D onald
— Phone [phone]
20
Cumberland Valley Walking Horse Stable, located 8
miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been doing
a booming business in the horse sales department
this winter. Trainer Charles Mullins has acted as
agent for the sale of some 14 horses, most of which
were in training and some that still are. All the buy­
ers have reported satisfaction with their purchases.
Show season is fast coming on, and things will def­
initely be ready at this stable. They have some of the
best horses, in all age groups, to come out of any
barn, and they are all ready to show their stuff start-
ing the end of April. It is expected that this stable
will do at least 5,000 miles of traveling to shows,
including the Celebration, this year.
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615 624-4100
2208 S. Holtzclaw Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404
WINDY HILLS FARM
Trainer Tommy Wetzel has a barn full of horses at
this Elizabethton, Tennessee operation, which is owned
by Dr. and Mrs. Hoyle Bowman and Dr. and Mrs.
David Slagle. He has a round half-dozen two-year-
olds: a MERRY GO BOY filly that’s working good for
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carr, Watauga; a stud colt, MERRY
GO BOY breeding, for Mr. and Mrs. Carr that looks
exceptional; a MIDNIGHT SUN-bred filly for J. L.
Horton, Blountville; a MIDNIGHT SUN GLO-O filly
for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood, Johnson City, that’s work­
ing mighty good; a JET’S YO YO gelding, started late
but coming along fine, for Horace Broome, Elizabeth­
ton; and a full brother to the four-year-old stud, EB­
ONY ECHO belonging to Dr. C. C. Chitwood of Lafay­
ette that is working real good and looks like "one of
those things” — an excellent future prospect.
The four-year-olds are plentiful and strokin’ — and
include the above-mentioned EBONY’S ECHO "C”
owned by Dr. and Mrs. Chitwood. He made some
great shows last year, but is bolder and greater this
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